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Just heard about a friend of a friend who is using a HELOC with the intention of paying off his home quickly. The basic idea is that you use a HELOC to pay off your original mortgage. Then instead of having your free ...
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My oldest son and his younger brother want to buy their first rental property while they are in college. They can use it as their dorm and rent out to several roommates, too so that they can live rent free and have ...
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Good day BP members,I live in one of the most expensive areas in Northern Virginia (NoVA). I work in D.C. but only make enough money to afford a place 40+ minutes away. Currently I live with my family in Alexandria bu...
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My wife and I purchased a SFR in San Diego, CA in 2015 with an fha loan. Appreciation has been great and I've refinanced out of that loan to a conventional loan and opened up a HELOC with 58k available. We want to mov...
Hello Bigger Pockets,
I have been following this blog and podcasts for sometime now and it is a wonderful community!
I recently moved to Sarasota, Florida with my husband from Lucerne, Switzerland. We w...
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I had an excellent year in my primary business. After taxes and reinvestment, I am still left with a lot of cash on hand. Already have a lot of money in the stock market and a little bit in real estate. I have three r...
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Right now I am at the beginning journey of acquiring my first short-term rental. I have done much research and found a handful of locations. I am between Outer Banks, NC., and Apollo Beach, FL. Outer Banks shows 18% b...
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Good evening BiggerPockets!Underwriting multifamily acquisitions and developments can be oft seen as tedious, lackluster tasks. Due to this, syndicators and fund managers alike have elected to outsource this work. In ...
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Listening to experts talk about commercial real estate leases is like listening to someone speaking in code. You understand the individual words, but the terms have some special meaning that is impossible to decipher,...
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Dear BP friends,Does anyone here invest in Saint Louis Missouri?. I am looking for a practical ( not just internet research) on this market. 1. what neighborhoods are likely candidates for cashflow?2. what zip code to...